Sustainability Now! | People's Food Summit | Urban Ag Tour | Sept. 11, 2023

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English - September 11, 2023 08:35 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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On this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, brings you along for an Urban Agriculture and New American Farmers tour of Louisville! On Friday, September 8th, a group of about 50 people boarded buses for one of two tours organized to kick off the inaugural People’s Food Summit! Listen in as we visit two projects of Common Earth Gardens (Catholic Charities of Louisville): The Common Table in Parkland and The Incubator Farm our on Millers Lane. Learn more at https://cclou.org/common-earth-gardens/

“Weaving the Food Web: The People’s Summit on Food Systems and Urban Agriculture” was organized September 8-9, 2023 by the Food in Neighborhoods community coalition and the Cooperative Extension Program of Kentucky State University.

The People’s Summit began with tours in the city to raise awareness about local food apartheid and grassroots efforts to increase healthy food access as well as spotlight the work of urban growers. On Saturday, the Summit featured workshop-style events involving popular education and in-depth political strategy discussions. These events addressed topics such as: food apartheid and environmental racism; youth leadership training; how to grow your own food; cooperative economics and Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs); urban and rural land access; New American success stories; and local food policy advocacy.

Weaving the Food Web is a transformative act of healing, solidarity, and collective action toward realizing food justice, human rights and dignified livelihoods for all. Exciting food justice initiatives were featured and the input of participants - through dialogue, art and celebration - were gathered during the day. Learn more at http://foodinneighborhoods.org

As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW!

Sustainability Now! is hosted by Dr. Justin Mog and airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org

The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at http://appalatin.com